Loom-picker



(No Model.)

F. A. WARDWELL. LOOM PIGKBR.

No. 596,226. Patented De0..7, 1897.

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FRANK A. \VARDWELL, OF METHUEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

LOOIVI PlCKIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,226, dated December'7, 1897. Application filed July '7, 1897. Serial No. 643,750. (Nomodel.)

To rtZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK A. WARDWELL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Met-linen, in the county of Essex and State ofMassachusetts, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Loom-Pickers,of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in loom-pickers, and it iscarried out as follows, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the invention.Fig. 2 represents a top plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 represents alongitudinal section on the line 3 3, shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 representsa front elevation. Fig. 5 represents a vertical section 011 the line 55, shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 6 represents a detail perspective view ofthe picker.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on thedifferent parts of the drawings. 7

A represents the loom picker-staff as usual, which is adapted to receivethe metal loop or binderB, which is preferably secured to said staffbymeans of a screw 0. (Shown in Fig. 3.)

In one piece with the loop or binder B is preferably made the perforatedpicker-holding ring B, in which is retained the picker or filling D,preferably made of leather or other suitable material.

If so desired, the picker-holding ring 13 may be dispensed with; but inpractice I prefer to use it in connection with said metal loop or binderB, as shown in the drawings.

The picker or filling D is preferably made cylindrical or oval to fitthe correspondinglyshaped picker-holdin g ring B and is provided with anupwardly-pro j ectin g shank D, adapted to fit the interior of the frontportion of the loop or binder B, as shown.

For the purpose of preventing the filling D from coming to pieces,breaking apart, or working out of the ring 13 by successive blowsagainst the shuttle and to hold its parts together and locked within thesaid ring 13, as well as to increase its wearing capacity, I inclosesaid filling within a covering E, preferably made of rawhide; but, if sodesired, it

may be made of any suitable textile, fibrous, or flexible materialwithout departing from the essence of my invention.

In practice I provide the lower portion of the filling D with adownwardly-extending projection D, adapted to be held in place againstthe pickenstaif by means of the lower portion of the ring 13, as shown,and by such arrangement the filling is caused to be firmly held in placerelative to the picker-staff and loop or binder, as shown.

The fillingD is preferably provided with a projection D extendingoutwardly beyond the ring B, so as to prevent the loop or binder or itsring from coming in contact with the shuttle end during the weavingoperation.

That I wishto secure by Letters Patent and claim is- 1. In aloom-picker, the combination with a picker-staff, of a metallic loop orbinder adapted to be secured to the pickenstaif and comprising the bodyportion B, and integral open-ring portion B, a filling arranged withinsaid loop and ring and a portion thereof projecting out through the saidopen ring beyond the face'thereof, and a flexible covering inclosing thesaid filling and retained in position within the loop or hinder,substantially as described.

2. In a loom-picker, the combination with a picker-staff, of a metallicloop or binder adapted to be secured to the staff and comprising thebody portion B, and integral openring portion B, a filling arrangedwithin said loop and ring and having a lower projection D", upon whichthe said ring rests when in position, a part of the said fillingprojecting out through the said open ring beyond the face thereof, and arawhide covering inclosing the said filling, and all retained inposition within the loop or binder.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 22d day of June, A. D.1897.

FRANK A. W ARDIVELL.

Witnesses:

ALBAN ANDREN, LAURITZ N. MOLLER.

